Democratic Primary- Chellie Pingree- 2567 (40.51%)
Adam Cote- 1874 (29.57%)Ethan Strimling- 843 (13.30%)
Michael Brennan- 798 (12.59%)
Mark Lawrence- 169 (2.67%)
Stephen Meister- 86 (1.36%)
Republican Primary- Charlie Summers- 2070 (55.45%)
Dean Scontras- 1663 (44.55%)
Dean Scontras- 1663 (44.55%)
Michael Brennan is performing well in Portland thus far, capturing over 20 % of the vote, higher than Ethan Strimling's total. Mark Lawrence is doing poorly outside of his York County base as expected. Pingree is doing well across the board and she looks like she is in strong position to win.
***** Update 9:47 PM *****
Pingree's lead is holding well at this point. She has about 43 % of the vote, Cote has 27 %, Brennan is in third with 12 %, Strimling has just under 12 %, and Lawrence has 4.5 %. Strimling is doing pathetically so far and his vote total does not look like it is going to improve. He badly under performed in Portland and that is supposed to be his base. Most of York County has not reported, so Cote has a chance, but he is pretty far behind at this point.
Summers has a 56-44 % lead over Dean Scontras right now. His vote tallies in Portland were very solid, but we will have to wait to see if something possibly changes when more of York County and Kennebec County start reporting.
***** Update 10:15 PM *****
A much larger percentage of Cumberland County has reported as compared to York County. Results have not even become to come in for Ogunquit, Old Orchard Beach, Saco, Sanford, Wells, and York. Also, most of Biddeford is still uncounted. Even with those potential pickup opportunities for Cote, the lead that Pingree has accumulated looks pretty insurmountable. She leads Cote by about 2,500 votes right now. Chellie has 40 % of the vote, Cote has 28 %, Brennan and Strimling have 13 %, and Lawrence has about 4 % of the vote.
Summers has widened his lead against Dean Scontras to more than 18 percentage points. He is leading in Cumberland County, Kennebec County, Knox County, and Lincoln County. Scontras leads only in York County and not by much of a margin. It appears that Summers will cruise to victory.
***** Update 11:01 PM *****
This (http://www.politickerme.com/jamespindell/1793/scontras-it-all-about-york-county) was posted on PolitickerME a few minutes ago. Scontras seems to be holding out hope that returns from York County can help him narrow the gap with Charlie Summers. But right now Scontras is only leading in York County by a 54 to 46 % margin, and he has actually lost a couple of towns. Overall, Summers is leading 58 % to 42 % with over two-thirds of precincts reporting.
Chellie Pingree is absolutely crushing the competition. She has over 15,000 votes, with her nearest competitor Adam Cote sitting at just 9,000 votes. In Knox County, she took a whopping 81 % of the vote and in Lincoln County, she won an impressive 65 % of the vote. Cote strongholds still have not reported in York County, but the numbers are simply not there for him. All he can hope for is to narrow the gap and make Pingree's victory a single digit one.
***** Update 11:39 PM *****
The Portland Press Herald has called the Democratic race for Chellie Pingree and the Republican race for Charlie Summers. Just a little while ago, Republican candidate Dean Scontras conceded and offered his full support to Summers in the general election. Scontras hinted that he may run for political office again. Perhaps the 2010 gubernatorial race?
I'm done for the night. Tomorrow, I will have analysis on how Summers and Pingree campaigned their way to victory. Also, look for stories on why Dean Scontras and Ethan Strimling performed so poorly.
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